My Precious Little Girl

Mallory at her 4 month photos. We had fun during our first professional photo shoot. I wanted a photo of her and Taylan but he didn't want any part of her photo shoot. So these are some photos of just Mallory. I can tell I'm going to have a lot of fun playing dress up with my little girl!

Mallory is 4 Months Old

Miss Mallory had her 4 month check up today. She got a perfect bill of health. The doctor fell in love with her cheeks...but let's face it.. who hasn't??? I could kiss them all day long... and I do! It makes her laugh right now so i have to take advantage of it. Someday she will be asking me to drop her off three blocks from the mall because I will embarrass her. She is growing like a weed!! She now weighs 14lbs 13 oz and is 2' 1" tall. She is just amazing!! I love spending this time with her. She doesn't roll over yet but tries really really hard. She love to be sitting up. I think she'll sit before she rolls!

AUNT KRISTIN!!!

I got a call yesterday that I've been waiting for for a long time!!! My baby brother is going to be a DADDY!!!!! I'm so happy for Jason and Lisa! I'm also excited that Taylan and Mallory are going to have more cousins!! They are due Sept 7th! Congratulations to my baby brother and his wife! Jason and Lisa, we are so excited for you! ~ Love, The Rays

Bath Time!

We love bathtime at the Ray House!

Taylan loves to help give his sister a bath. He has his own wash cloth and if I don't have one for him at the tub, he digs through the drawer and pulls them ALL out and gets one himself. He tries to do everything I do when I'm giving Mallory a bath. The only difference is, I get the water on Mallory. He gets the water down him, on the floor and then decides to run around the house with a wash cloth full of water. It makes for a fun clean up!


This is him saying "cheeeeeese." It's his new thing when he sees the camera.


A baby's life wouldn't be complete without some sort of incriminating naked baby photo now would it?? She's going to LOVE me for this one!


Too precious! I just LOVE BATH TIME!!!!

It's all grins and giggles at the Ray House! Yes Mallory, you have to keep us! You have no choice!


Am I going to have boys knocking down my door or what???


Taylan loves to be under this table. I'm not sure why because he bonk's his head every time. But it's his thing so we do it. He's playing with my homemade playdough. This activity lasted about 3 whole minutes.


Taylan found this tv in the guest bedroom and has made his own little nook out of it. He loves to sit here and watch the Backyardigains. He sits here for a couple of minutes before he's jumping on the bed and flopping into the pile of pillows we have on it. It's pure fun.


Every time I put Mallory down on the floor Taylan thinks it's the funniest thing to lay right next to her. I have to watch him at all times because sometimes he gets literally on top of her. He loves her so much!

Mallory is 3 Months Old

Really? Three months??? Oh my princess, time goes by so fast!

I am SOOOO Loved!

Snow Play

Taylan LOVES to be outside. So we bundled him up and he helped Daddy shovel the walkway.

Christmas

Christmas was pretty exciting this year! Taylan learned how to say Santa. he may not have put Santa with all the presents but it will come! He was so much fun to watch this Christmas. It was pretty much the Taylan Show this Christmas. He had so much fun opening every one's gifts. We all let him open our gifts so the day lasted a long time! Too often the presents are opened so fast, then it's time to move on to dinners and family gatherings. It was really nice to take our Christmas slow and enjoy it all day long. Taylan made it so fun! Every gift was "BIG" he would say and carry it over to Grandma to open. No matter who's gift it was. Mallory raked it on on her first Christmas as well! Next year she will grasp the idea of ripping paper off and getting excited. It's only going to get better and better!

Christmas

Taylan getting ready for presents


coming down the steps where Santa left all his gifts!


Grandma and her Christmas Angel


Mommy and her Christmas Angels at Christmas Eve Mass


Mallory after her photos with Santa.

Christmas

Mallory got a good photo with Santa. Unfortunatly, we didn't get it on camera. Our camera was set to video instead of camera. Turns out, we got a pretty funny video of Dave and I not knowing what was going on. This year Taylan was a little more affraid of Santa. He kept calling out "SANTA" "SANTA!" but when it was time to sit on his lap, he wanted NO part of Santa. He was able to run up and give him a high five.


We went to the mall early and got there before Santa even did so Taylan got to ride the train. It was a pretty neat little train ride for our small but quaint mall.


The only way he would ride is if daddy went with him.


This is Taylan and Mommy making cookies. Rolling the dough kept him occupied for about 3 minutes. We might not have a baker on our hands! But he sure did enjoy eating them... or should I say licking the icing off and handing me the cookie to put "more, more" icing on it.


My very own Santa Baby!

Trip to Kansas City

Girls Rule!


Make a Wish! Great Grandma with ALL her Great Grandchildren!




Generations.



The Ray kids took a long road trip with Grandma Butler to Kansas City in December to celebrate their Great Grandma's birthday! This was the first time Mom's side of the family got to meet Mallory! We weren't sure how the 8 hour car ride would go but amazingly it went really well. Taylan was such a good rider and Mallory slept like a champ! Thank goodness though for McDonald's Playlands!!!! Who would have thought that so many McDonald's in the Midwest would have OUTDOOR PLAYLANDS??? My mom and I figured out we needed to look for signs that said INDOOR playland. It was a cool 20 degrees when we went. There was no playing outside! The trip was a huge success. We surprised Great Grandma and I think she had a wonderful birthday!